DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 04/04 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 46.8 - - 42.8 - - 39.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 83 - - 41 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1295 - - 1743 - - 294 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 919 - - 919 - - 919 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2184 - - 2632 - - 1183 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 948 - - 1826 - - 4105 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 199 - - 178 - - 46 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 19 - - 27 - - 19 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 258 - - 261 - - 261 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 14 - - 9 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 962 - - 1108 - - -477 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1223 - - 1524 - - 1660 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 654 - - 545 - - -1079 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1530 - - 2087 - - 2262 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 46.8 - - 42.8 - - 39.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 44.7 - - 39.4 - - 35.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 46.4 - - 42.8 - - 40.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 43.9 - - 38.6 - - 34.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 83 - - 41 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1295 - - 1743 - - 294 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - 4 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 96705 23 270 23 281 19 273 96705 89501 13 276 11 276 11 276 89501 83992 12 300 9 273 9 311 83992 79419 13 303 10 286 19 298 79419 75485 12 306 11 304 20 299 75485 72005 13 308 17 291 24 301 72005 68836 17 303 17 276 21 276 68836 65899 19 287 19 280 19 265 65899 63143 15 276 20 279 22 266 63143 60450 19 288 26 265 23 268 60450 57629 20 270 31 264 25 272 57629 54694 28 252 35 266 30 270 54694 51887 36 244 39 259 36 263 51887 49354 41 240 47 254 47 260 49354 47082 46 236 56 238 50 251 47082 45015 44 232 53 230 56 247 45015 43124 56 238 53 232 64 242 43124 41393 79 233 66 236 71 239 41393 39797 110 220 93 234 83 236 39797 38318 102 213 120 226 98 230 38318 36940 102 212 133 219 110 226 36940 35617 101 210 131 217 121 222 35617 34275 99 208 125 218 128 220 34275 32880 96 206 123 221 128 219 32880 31430 95 208 120 222 128 218 31430 29911 94 211 118 219 128 222 29911 28311 88 210 113 219 126 225 28311 26633 85 209 105 219 124 226 26633 24885 83 206 101 218 105 230 24885 23084 84 211 99 216 82 236 23084 21230 86 225 96 221 69 239 21230 19305 82 231 77 224 64 241 19305 17291 64 230 57 227 63 240 17291 15229 55 223 53 232 63 235 15229 13237 53 217 50 226 60 234 13237 11426 52 219 52 222 58 235 11426 9820 51 212 57 226 56 239 9820 8402 50 220 56 231 50 248 8402 7157 44 224 49 234 40 261 7157 6070 40 228 40 241 35 266 6070 5119 35 235 34 256 36 268 5119 4284 32 250 33 262 36 268 4284 3547 28 264 32 262 36 267 3547 2887 24 262 32*262 35 266 2887 2303 23*260 31*261 33 265 2303 1815 22*259 29 261 30 264 1815 1440 21 258 28 261 27*262 1440 1182 19 258 25 260 23*261 1182 1025 17 257 22 260 20 261 1025 935 13 257 16 260 14 260 935 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography